The Buffalo Urban Development Corp. is looking to National Grid for financial help to undertake a trio of projects that could aid future development efforts.

The city’s primary economic development agency will be applying to National Grid’s Economic Development Program for a total of $270,000 to help underwrite the efforts. The application process was approved by the agency’s directors Tuesday. The application is expected to be filed within the next week, said David Stebbins, BUDC vice president.

National Grid is expected to respond to the application request later this year.

The projects include:

• Funds from National Grid’s Urban Corridor Fund for streetscape improvements along the Genesee Gateway corridor, a stretch of Genesee Street running between Ellicott and Oak streets. The work would tie in with improvements made to such buildings as the Genesee Gateway complex.

• Helping to underwrite a building survey, which is part of the Buffalo Building Reuse Project, that would identify what structures might be eligible for state or federal historic tax credit programs. This comes as pressure is being made on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to increase New York’s historic tax credit ceiling from $5 million to $12 million.

• Landing funds to help identify streetscape and other improvements along Niagara Street between Busti and Forest avenues — a section that includes the Rich Products Corp. headquarters and roads leading to the Peace Bridge.